The Question Game #5

[PirateKingChris]

I don't think I ever played ACTUAL marbles. I had some, but never played the real game with them. The closest I've come is playing Marble Madness for NES 

Do you consider yourself a dork? (I know I do, I can just admit I'm proud of it these days  )

[atec123]

Dunno.  I've been checking a lot, even seen some people on, but no one posts, and then my post rate goes down

I've been inconsistently on lately because of not feeling right for so long...Still working on that. Some other folks have disappeared for ages, and I know a couple who have personal reasons for not being around...

I tend to post a lot for a week or so and then just lurk for a while until I get back into posting mood.

I just post when I can.  Sometimes I randomly come post once, but I am pretty consistant, I check every day, and post when there's something to post about.


I kinda do... not all the time. (usually)

And you?

[Delling]

About the same these days, though I used to be dedicated to getting at least 10 posts a day.

What would you do?

[PirateKingChris]

I think atec meant "And you?" to my dork question

I would eat some cake and ice cream...if I could.

How often do you drink from a mug?

[Yonkey]

Not very often.  Usually it's only when I have hot chocolate.

Are you right-handed or left?

[atec123]

Left handed.  and a member of the LHALHP.

any idea what the LHALHP is?

[Deloria]

None at all, but I'll answer your other question.

Dunno.  I've been checking a lot, even seen some people on, but no one posts, and then my post rate goes down

Why is time called time?

*clears throat*
    O.E. tima "limited space of time," from P.Gmc. *timon "time" (cf. O.N. timi "time, proper time," Swed. timme "an hour"), from PIE *di-mon-, from base *da- "cut up, divide" (see tide). Abstract sense of "time as an indefinite continuous duration" is recorded from 1388. Personified since at least 1509 as an aged bald man (but with a forelock) carrying a scythe and an hour-glass. In English, a single word encompasses time as "extent" and "point" (Fr. temps/fois, Ger. zeit/mal) as well as "hour" (e.g. "what time is it?" cf. Fr. heure, Ger. Uhr). Extended senses such as "occasion," "the right time," "leisure," or times (v.) "multiplied by" developed in O.E. and M.E., probably as a natural outgrowth of phrases like, "He commends her a hundred times to God" (O.Fr. La comande a Deu cent foiz).

        "to have a good time ( = a time of enjoyment) was common in Eng. from c 1520 to c 1688; it was app. retained in America, whence readopted in Britain in 19th c." [OED]

    Time of day (now mainly preserved in negation, i.e. what someone won't give you if he doesn't like you) was a popular 17c. salutation (e.g. "Good time of day vnto your Royall Grace," "Richard III," I.iii.18). Times as the name of a newspaper dates from 1788. Time warp first attested 1954; time capsule first recorded 1938, in ref. to New York World's Fair; time-travelling in the science fiction sense first recorded 1895 in H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine." To do time "serve a prison sentence" is from 1865. Time-honored is from 1593; time-worn is first attested 1729; time-keeper is from 1686; timeless "eternal" is 1628, earlier it meant "ill-timed" (1560). Time-limit is from 1880; time out in football is recorded from 1896. About time, ironically for "long past due time," is recorded from 1920. First record of timetable is attested from 1838, originally of railway trains. Behind the times "old-fashioned" is recorded from 1846, first attested in Dickens.

Courtesy of Etymonline.

Get it?

[PirateKingChris]

Indeed I do. Now if only would could get rid of the newer terms of time slang such as "back in the day" that sound like utter rubbish

Where does Disney's Pinocchio list among your all time favorite films by them? (got it in the mail today, woo!)

[Gilgamesh]

I would place it at the wooden end of the very extreme old ones.
(dutch word: "stokoud" = "verry old person" stok = stick  oud = old)
Stick and old made my answer.

Webcam or headset?

[atec123]

headset.

Why?

[Yonkey]

Because you don't have a webcam.

Why was it so boiling hot in the movie theatre?!

[PirateKingChris]

Because theatres are often heated too much or have too much A/C.

What movie did Yonk see?

[atec123]

Jo Jo's Circus, The Movie! (don't ask   )

Isn't Jo Jo's Circus pretty much the best thing ever?

[Yonkey]

... o_O  (Yes, that's my answer )

What movie did Yonk see?

Watchmen, and dude, you definitely have to go see it!

What are you having/did you have for lunch today?

[PirateKingChris]

Saw it on Friday, Yonk...I LOVEEEEED it!   

I didn't really have lunch today...cause I had to fast before my ultrasound. No, I'm not pregnant. 

Why do docs take so many days between getting you results or getting you appointments?

[Delling]

Either it's a conspiracy or they're busy... hrmm... actually... that doesn't have to be a either... or... ... well, it's something like that anyway...

Will I attend this talk today?

[Yonkey]

Considering it's now a month later... I'll assume you did.

Are you excited about the hot weather this weekend?

[PirateKingChris]

No. I hate hot weather. 

What's the last CD you bought?

[tessspoon]

Dark Horse by Nickelback

Is the weather nice today?

[atec123]

Today, yes, it was.

have you had dinner yet today?